gbourant opened a new issue, #13297: URL: https://github.com/apache/maven/issues/13297
### New feature, improvement proposal Hi, I would like to propose adding support for updating existing projects from newer versions of Maven Archetypes in Maven 4. Currently, Maven Archetypes provide a way to generate projects from templates, but there is no first-class workflow for taking an existing project that was created from an archetype and updating it when the archetype itself has evolved. It would be useful if Maven 4 could introduce an archetype/template update capability. In general, the workflow could look something like: 1. Create a project from an archetype. 2. Later, when a newer version of the archetype is available, update the existing project to the newer template. 3. Preserve project-specific changes while applying relevant changes from the updated archetype. 4. Clearly surface any conflicts that require manual attention. This would make archetypes more useful for maintaining multiple projects based on a common evolving template. Projects such as `Copier` provide a similar template-update workflow: [https://github.com/copier-org/copier](https://github.com/copier-org/copier) I think this could be an interesting feature to consider for Maven 4. Thanks! -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
